Grants (Funds) for Small Businesses
Here at the Library, we are often visited by would-be entrepreneurs who are looking for "grants" to finance and start their small businesses. True grants (from foundations) are made only to NON-PROFIT organizations. The sad truth is that there are VERY FEW true grant programs, which do not require repayment, available to profit-making entities. This guide will provide some resources to help you identify the various sources you can tap in order to get money to begin your small business project.
Print Sources
Business Loans From Family & Friends : How to Ask, Make it Legal & Make it Work
Financing Your Small Business : From SBA Loans and Credit Cards to Common Stock and Partnership Interests
Free Money from the Federal Government for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs
How to Raise Capital : Techniques and Strategies for Financing and Valuing Your Small Business
Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur
Small Business Financing : How and Where to Get It
What
No One Ever Tells You About Financing Your Own Business : Real-Life Financing Advice From 101
Web Sites
Business Financing - Small Business Financing from Entrepreneur
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)-Grant Programs
Federal Grant Sources from the U.S. Small Business Administration
Federal Business Loan Information
Free Cash for Your Business (Money Magazine article)
Funding Small Businesses FAQ from the Foundation Center
How to Prepare & Present a Successful Business Funding Report (.pdf)
Overview of Financing Options from the NYC Small Business Resource Center
SBA - Finding the Money You Need
SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Funding for High-Tech R&D
Small Business Development Companies in the Region
Small Business Financing in New York State
Small Business Loans - New York Business Development Corporation (NYBDC)
Where to get the Money-From Myownbusiness
Online Databases
Use these resources to find magazine and newspaper articles about small business financing. Search in the following for the largest number of available magazine and newspaper articles, many in full-text, from which you can print, download, or e-mail to yourself or to friends and business partners.
One database that includes useful business articles is ProQuest, which allows users to search more than 2,000 periodicals, newspapers and other resources originating after 1981. Business and Company Database includes industry information, a corporate directory and articles on various business subject. Many trade journals are included.
Look for additional databases in the Newspapers, Magazines, Journals section of the Online Databases page. Try keyword combinations like:
- • Small business financing
- • microloan programs
- • aid for small business
- • start-up costs
- • entrepreneurs and capital
- • venture capital
Search the Catalog
Use the following headings when doing a "subject" search in the online catalog:
Small business -- United States -- Finance
New business enterprises -- United States -- Finance
Venture capital -- United States
Prepared by Deb Weltsch, Reference Librarian, 5/06. edited and all links checked 5/10
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